Gadi Eisenkot stands at a wooden podium with microphones, flags behind him
Gadi Eisenkot, the head of the Yashar party, speaks after the Israeli president, Isaac Herzog, appointed him to form a government during a ceremony. Photograph: Debbie Hill/UPI/Shutterstock
Gadi Eisenkot, the head of the Yashar party, speaks after the Israeli president, Isaac Herzog, appointed him to form a government during a ceremony. Photograph: Debbie Hill/UPI/Shutterstock
Gadi Eisenkot reaches out to Netanyahu allies as he strives to form government

Former military chief says prime minister brought Israel to historic crisis and it is approaching ‘point of no return’